Category: General News

Country Grammer much the best in G2 San Antonio Stakes

Future WinStar stallion Country Grammer, Thoroughbred racing’s leading active money earner with a bankroll of $11.2 million, dominated five rivals in winning the $200,000 San Antonio S. (G2) at Santa Anita on Monday, Dec. 26. Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Country Grammer defeated Stilleto Boy by 4 ½ lengths in the rousing win. Owned by Commonwealth […]

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Coffee Caliente gives Good Samaritan a dozen winners

First-Crop sire Good Samaritan was represented by his 12th winner Saturday at Hawthorne when Coffee Caliente was a 1 ½-length maiden special weight winner at six furlongs (WATCH RACE). The bay 2-year-old was already stakes-placed from his prior start in the Shakopee Juvenile and was a handy winner on Saturday. After taking the lead in […]

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WinStar Farm announces 2023 stallion roster and fees

WinStar Farm has set 2023 stud fees for its stallion roster, headed by Constitution who will stand for $110,000 S&N and Speightstown who will stand for $80,000 S&N for the upcoming breeding season. The roster will be bolstered further by new arrivals Life Is Good, a multiple Grade 1 winner who will stand for $100,000 […]

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Ben Hanley joins WinStar Farm’s bloodstock team

WinStar Farm has announced the hiring of Ben Hanley as the newest member of its Stallion Season Sales team. With a degree in equine science from the University of Kentucky and a degree from the Irish National Stud course, Hanley begins his new position following stints with Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott in Saratoga, […]

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Good Samaritan filly goes gate to wire in maiden victory

First-Crop sire Good Samaritan’s latest winner came in front-running fashion Aug. 31 at Delaware Park when Secret Angel scored by two lengths in a one-mile maiden race for 2-year-old fillies. Secret Angel, who was making her second lifetime start and first around two turns, took the lead right away from her inside post. April Luck […]

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Tourist gets his second stakes winner of the week at Monmouth Park

I Can Run gave Tourist his second stakes winner in the past six days on Sunday when the 3-year-old filly captured the $100,000 Eleven North H. at Monmouth Park. I Can Run was making her stakes debut in the six-furlong Eleven North. Breaking from post 7 she was three-wide while several lengths off the pace […]

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WinStar Farm’s world-renowned stallion More Than Ready euthanized

Few stallions in the world have attained the heights of WinStar Farm’s remarkable More Than Ready. A Champion Sire in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and a world-renowned stallion who has made an indelible mark on the breed, More Than Ready was euthanized this morning due to the cumulative effects of old age, the […]

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Speightstown colt lives up to billing in $200,000 Funny Cide S.

Andiano a Firenze cruised to a 5 ½-length win in Friday’s $200,000 Funny Cide S. at Saratoga to give the well-related 2-year-old Speightstown colt his first stakes win. The winner, who was the odds-on favorite in the 6 ½-furlong race, is a half-brother to $2.8 million earner Firenze Fire. Andiamo a Firenze was widest of […]

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Tourist colt sets track record in first stakes victory

Carpenters Call turned in a dynamic performance to get his first stakes win in Monday’s $100,000 Peach Street S. at Presque Isle Downs, setting a track record for the 1 mile and 70 yard event while winning by 1 ¼-lengths. The 4-year-old Tourist colt has had a very productive year in 2022, with four wins […]

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Love in the Air scores another stakes win for red-hot Constitution

Love in the Air rolled to a front-running six-length victory in Monday’s $100,000 Mrs. Penny S. at Parx to become the fourth stakes winner this month for leading Fourth-Crop sire Constitution. She is her sire’s ninth stakes winner and one of 26 black type horses in 2022, both of which lead all Fourth-Crop sires. Love […]

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